Medium severity · published Nov 1, 2024
CVE-2024-51407
Floodlight SDN OpenFlow Controller v.1.2 has an issue that allows local hosts to construct false broadcast ports causing inter-host communication anomalies
6.2
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Floodlight SDN OpenFlow Controller v.1.2 has an issue that allows local hosts to construct false broadcast ports causing inter-host communication anomalies.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FL
Floodlight · Projectfloodlight
1.2 · source: NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51407
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-51407
Product
https://github.com/floodlight/floodlight
Exploit
https://github.com/floodlight/floodlight/issues/869
Technical Description
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10246976
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